Rainimator One Shots

Travel Troubles Part 1

Theo decided to take a subunit of the country's army (Frostbourne) which he was in charge of, on holiday. It was to be a fun trip to the beach where they would stay in a hotel for a week. Patrick was the one driving them all there in subunit's the coach. Everyone had been chatting away happily for a good part of the journey. The laughter only came to a stop when they heard a bang and the coach came to a stop.

"What's wrong?" Asked Theo. "Well sir we've got a flat tire." Patrick replied. Everyone began moaning and complaining. "Now now. There's no need for that. We'll have it fixed in under an hour so there's no need to get so worked up over it." Theo explained as he and Patrick jumped out to switch the tires round. "Great, now the trip's even more boring." Sulked Siphon who was fed up with the journey. "And I've got no Wi-Fi signal." Huffed Doraine. "I could climb on top of the coach to find some signal." Lyria said excitedly. "No way! If you fall from there then it'll be the end of the entire holiday." Exclaimed Azura to which Lyria sat back down and waited patiently.

After various complaints from the soldiers the tire had been changed and they were soon on the move again. About an hour had passed when they came across a petrol station. Patrick pulled the coach into the station so that the coach could be filled up and everyone could stretch their legs. As he went to the pump he found to his surprise that it was broken so he walked over to the next and the next to find that they were all out of service. In frustration Patrick stormed inside and went straight to the man at the kiosk.

"Why are all the pumps broken?" He demanded. "I apologise but we had an inspector who didn't like the way our pumps were installed so we are waiting to replace them. There should've been a sign before the station to say that we aren't selling fuel until after we've undergone maintenance." The man explained. "How far is the next one?" Patrick asked. "About 40km from here." Replied the man. Patrick sighed. It looked like they would have to keep going as the petrol station they had last stopped at was about 70km away in the wrong direction so once everyone was back onboard the coach they continued on their way.

They were about 15km from the petrol station when the coach slowly came to a stop. "We're all out of fuel sir." Sighed Patrick. As he said this everyone began complaining again. "Enough of that!" Barked Theo. All eyes fell on him as he continued. "We can't phone for help as there's no signal along this part of the road through the forest. We'll have to get out and walk to the next station." Everyone groaned at this. "Why can't we stay here and only one of us fetch help." Grumbled the soldiers as the got off the coach. "Because we'll have to carry the petrol back ourselves if there's no one there who can help." Theo explained. "Now everyone line up and we shall march there." He announced. "But we're miles away." They cried but it was no use as they were ordered to march forwards.

After ages of marching everyone was hot, tired and fed up. Even Theo had had enough but at long last they reached the station. Patrick ran inside to find out if there was anyone who could tow the coach. Unfortunately the nearest tow truck was broken, however a local farmer offered them two options. The first was to use his tractor to pull the coach to the station or to make things faster, everyone could help fill up canisters which he would then drive to the coach in his van. Everyone agreed with the second option as no one wanted to waste even more time than they had to. Finally the coach 'rescue' operation was complete and they were on their way again.

It was very late and dark when they finally arrived at their seaside destination. Patrick pulled the coach into the hotel parking lot. Before Theo could speak everyone pushed past him, scrabbled out the doors and began grabbing their suitcases. While they were squabbling about who's suitcase was who's, Theo went into reception to check in. "Good evening, I'm terribly sorry we are so late however we came across a few issues on the way here." He told the receptionist. "No, I'm terribly sorry you did not receive our message that the hotel has had to be temporarily closed." She apologised. "That's alright we'll just find another hotel." Replied Theo.